Re: problem w/ the Java interface lib for PostgreSQL

1998-10-05 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Shaleh" == Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Shaleh> libpgjava depends on jdk1.1-runtime (>= 1.1.3.v2-1) jdk1.1 Shaleh> conflicts with jdk1.1-runtime jdk1.1 provides Shaleh> jdk1.1-runtime Shaleh> jdk1.1-dev depends on jdk1.1 (= 1.1.6v4a-3) Shaleh> So I cant install

Re: Perl 5.005.02

1998-10-06 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Raphael" == Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raphael> Hello everybody, The perl package is in incoming. So here Raphael> is the list of the 33 packages that need to be Raphael> updated. The maintainers are listed. The list corresponds Raphael> to package which con

Re: How can Debian accomodate new installation ?

1998-10-08 Thread Stephen Zander
> "John" == John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> Hi, I have packaged several modules for Debian Linux. John> We are currently discussing how to handle your new John> installation hierarchy. I'd appreciate comments. We John> currently have about 80 packages that

Re: How can Debian accomodate new installation ?

1998-10-08 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Andy" == Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] That's what I hate about you, Andy. You always have such clear and rational explanations for things :) -- Stephen --- Perl is really designed more for the guys that will hack Perl at least 20 minutes a day for the rest of their c

Re: Bug#27753: libpgjava: depends on jdk1.1-runtime, which is now included in jdk1.1

1998-10-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hamish> Why doesn't jdk1.1 provide java-virtual-machine? That's an Hamish> officially listed virtual package and would have avoided Hamish> this problem, and would also solve two bug reports filed Hamish> against guavac.

Re: Java license problems?

1998-10-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "John" == John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> Do we have some special permission to redistribute Java? John> From my reading of the license, we are not allowed to give John> it out to anybody else: John> 1. Limited License Grant. Sun grants to you ("Licensee") a

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Brian" == Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> Could I get some official word on which architectures wish Brian> to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! I don't think sparc is ready to go, though Johnnie or Eric may see it differently. Ultrasparc definately

Re: latest sysklogd broken?

1998-10-15 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Michael" == Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> Same things happens to me. Today I upgraded two things Michael> sendmail and syslogd (what a coincidence! :). After few Michael> minutes I found that `ps ax' shows a lot of sendmail Michael> processes. Everyt

Re: Removing Packages in Slink for Debian 2.1

1998-10-15 Thread Stephen Zander
> "David" == David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> Well, what happens when lots of people try it, see that it David> is broken, and associate Gnome with being broken and David> unstable? That said, I don't think that will happen if it David> is loudly declared to be *

Re: jdk doesn't work at all - is anyone on it?

1999-01-22 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Dale" == Dale E Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> I'd say it's grave too - despite being non-free, this _is_ Dale> the only decent java virtual machine available and java Dale> isn't exactly unpopular. I'm here... and there are a couple of other problems with jdk that I o

Re: /usr/lib/apt/methods/http - close(-1)

1999-01-29 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Scott" == Scott K Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Scott> On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Russell Coker wrote: >> What is a close(-1) supposed to do? The http program does one >> and I'm curious as to why... Scott> IIRC, close(-1) closes all open file handles. I'm not Scott> ce

Re: WARNING: Re: debhelper & /usr/bin/passwd

1999-01-31 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> My versions of dpkg claim that --force-overwrite isn't on Brian> be default (otherwise it should have [*] after it): As does mine: and it lies! I've been testing package upgrades & dpkg itself is very definately using --force-o

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Steve" == Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> But on the filesystem, the i686 directory is a symlink to Steve> the i586 directory, and i586/green_threads is empty. Steve> Perhaps this is a bug in dpkg? (I suspect that if you Steve> remove the jdk1.1 package and r

Re: Debian coding style?

1999-05-09 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Remember that the person who is most qualified to test any >> piece of code is the person who wrote it. Wichert> I can argue about that. But I won't :) I can & I will. :) The person who wrote the code is almost always

Re: Debian coding style?

1999-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Daniel" == Daniel Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> I will actually point out that although the exact number Daniel> 80 is arbitrary, the general number "about 80" is not. The reason for 80 chars is the Mr Hollerith decided that 80 columns was all he needed to do the US cen

Re: Please adopt: prc-tools

1999-05-14 Thread Stephen Zander
> "John" == John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> I tried giving it away last December, but apparently the John> person that took it didn't have time to upload it, so I'm John> trying again. Well, if you're happy for me to have it (again :/), I actually have a -2 package b

Re: Update ... Re: Ethernet newbee failure

1999-05-16 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> The NICs are EtherLink III cards connected through a hub Dale> using twisted pair cable. Two idle questions: are you sure you have straight-through cables, have you tried directly connecting the machines to each other with a cr

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-18 Thread Stephen Zander
> "jim" == jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jim> If this is the case, It is & I'm awaiting Sun permission to distribure the jdk with a licence that allows redistribution in some form. -- Stephen (jdk maintainer) --- Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. - Bruce Schneier

Re: evan leibovitch and the LPI certification tests

1999-05-21 Thread Stephen Zander
> "John" == John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> A couple of salaried positions would be nice. Full John> time PR staff, ... Now *that* is something I could see value in. -- Stephen --- Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. - Bruce Schneier

Re: Debian Weekly News - September 14th, 1999

1999-09-16 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Should Debian move to GRUB as our [15]default boot loader? Joey> After all, since GRUB is used by the Hurd, this would Joey> standardize the boot system used for Debian Linux and Debian Joey> Hurd. Just a passing observat

ITP: libfont-metrics-perl

1999-09-20 Thread Stephen Zander
Unless someone else is working on this, I intend to package the Font::Metrics::* modules for perl. libhtml-tree-perl needs them to successfully use HTMMML::FormatPS. -- Stephen --- "If 8-year-old boys discharging loaded firearms into their own legs isn't necessary to the maintenance of a well

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